By now everyone knows that drug companies sometimes rush dangerous drugs to market without adequate testing or keep drugs on the market despite warnings from doctors and patients. Recent drugs that have been shown to be defective include, Celebrex, Vioxx, and Rezulin. Over the years there have been many others including, DES and Benedectin. Drug companies are equally irresponsible with medical devices such as the Dalkon Shield, breast implants and the Shiley heart valve. Our firm has many years of experience ...

Our firm takes great pride in representing motorcyclists who have been injured in accidents. Both of our name partners ride motorcycles and between them, they have over 35 years experience on various kinds of motorcycles. We have represented many injured riders. When necessary, we have gone to great lengths to reconstruct how an accident happened. In one case involving a van and a motorcycle, we located the same exact model van and motorcycle that were involved in the accident and video ...

In this country nothing is more important than your life and liberty. Therefore if you have been wrongfully arrested or have been the victim of police brutality, your civil rights have been violated. The United States Constitution protects you from being arrested without probable cause. The United States Constitution also states that you have the right to be treated fairly by the police and by prison personnel. This means that you cannot be beaten or otherwise treated with brutality. Our office ...

The victims of medical malpractice range from improperly delivered babies with brain damage to adults who have been treated with unnecessary and damaging medical procedures. Medical malpractice cases are among the most difficult of all lawsuits. Over the years, the medical insurance industry and the health care lobby have pressured the courts and legislature to change the law so that doctors and hospitals have an unfair advantage over other litigants. For example, in any other type of case the time within ...

Bringing a lawsuit against a company that has manufactured a defective product requires extensive engineering, scientific and medical knowledge and experience. Our firm has the necessary knowledge and experience. Steven M. Weiner has a background in science and is a medical doctor as well as an attorney. Marc Reibman has experience in engineering and has the experience to interface on technical issues with engineers and scientists. Our firm has has successfully handled many cases involving defective products. The products involved in ...

In this country, nothing is more important than your life and liberty. Therefore, if you have been wrongfully arrested or have been the victim of police brutality your civil rights have been violated. The United States Constitution protects you from being arrested without probable cause. The United States Constitution also states that you have the right to be treated fairly by the police and by prison personnel. This means that you cannot be beaten or otherwise treated with brutality. Our office ...

Cases against the City of New York involve special legal considerations. Most importantly, as a practical matter, if you are over 18 years of age, you often only have 90 days after you are injured to bring a lawsuit against the City of New York. This means that if, for instance, you are crossing the street and are knocked down by a Sanitation Department truck, you must file a special Notice of Claim with the City of New York within ...

Sometimes when doctors do not use proper care children are born with birth injuries. Birth injuries are often diagnosed as cerebral palsy (CP) or Erb's palsy. The symptoms of birth injuries include mental retardation, delayed development and weakness of the arms and legs. A child who has suffered a birth injury usually requires complex, expensive care for his or her entire life. Usually a medical malpractice lawsuit is the only practical way to obtain the funds for proper care. Our firm ...

Our office is proud to represent workers in many trades who have been injured on the job. Cases that we are handling or have handled involve scaffold accidents, ladders, missing safety railings, missing shaft-way covers, improper shoring at excavation sites and other dangerous conditions. Our clients have suffered injuries ranging from broken bones to death. Our partner, Marc Reibman, worked in the construction industry before he became a lawyer. Because of his experience, he is familiar with the terminology used by ...